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Author Johnson, Benjamin D., author.

Title Pueblos within Pueblos : Tlaxilacalli Communities in Acolhuacan, Mexico, ca. 1272-1692 / Benjamin D. Johnson
Published Boulder : University Press of Colorado, ©2017

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 252 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Contents History and tlaxilacalli -- The rise of tlaxilacalli, ca. 1272-1454 -- Acolhua imperialisms, ca. 1420s-1583 -- Community and change -- In Cuauhtepoztlan tlaxilacalli, ca. 1544-1575 -- Tlaxilacalli religions, 1537-1587 -- Tlaxilacalli ascendant, 1562-1613 -- Communities reborn, 1581-1692 -- Conclusion : tlaxilacalli and barrio
Summary "Systematically analyzing tlaxilacalli history over four centuries, beginning with their rise at the dawn of the Aztec empire through their transformation into "pueblos" of mid-colonial New Spain. Before the Aztecs rise, commoners in pre-Hispanic central Mexico set the groundwork for a new style of imperial expansion"--Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Tezcucan Indians -- Mexico -- Texcoco (Region) -- Politics and government
Communities -- Political aspects -- Mexico -- Texcoco (Region) -- History
HISTORY -- General.
HISTORY -- Latin America -- Mexico.
Colonization
Communities -- Political aspects
SUBJECT Texcoco (Mexico : Region) -- Colonization -- History
Subject Mexico -- Texcoco (Region)
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781607326915
1607326914